BDRShield

What BDRShield does

BDRShield is a cloud-managed hybrid backup and cyber-resilience platform developed by Vembu Technologies and rebranded from BDRSuite in 2025. The product provides unified backup, recovery, and ransomware-resilient protection across endpoints, physical and virtual servers, cloud workloads (AWS EC2, Azure VMs, Google Compute Engine), databases (Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle), applications (Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint), and SaaS applications (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace). Its technical foundation is VembuHIVE, a patented backup-specific file system that converts incremental backups into version-controlled, instantly mountable restore points, enabling sub-15-minute RTO/RPO. The platform supports agentless hypervisor backup (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Proxmox VE, oVirt), application-aware processing via Microsoft VSS, immutable storage with retention lock, AES-256 encryption, anomaly detection, pre-backup and pre-restore malware scanning, automated boot/screenshot verification, and global cross-region replication. Both a cloud-hosted management console and a downloadable on-premise console are offered, with Bring-Your-Own-Cloud storage support across AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi, MinIO, and Backblaze B2.

The company monetizes via a pay-per-workload subscription licensing model (monthly, annual, or multi-year), with optional usage-based cloud storage consumption billing alongside partner-provided professional services and managed-service resale. Pricing is quote-based and positioned at 50-70% lower TCO than Veeam, Datto, and Acronis, with a 30-day free trial of the full feature set. Go-to-market combines a product-led growth motion (self-serve cloud sign-up), a multi-tier global channel program (Service Provider, Distributor, Reseller/VAR, OEM, Technology Alliance Partner) offering 3X partner margins, deal registration, co-branded marketing kits, MDF, white-label multi-tenant management, and PSA/RMM integration, plus an enterprise field-sales motion for compliance-driven buyers in healthcare, finance, and other regulated industries. Primary customer segments are SMBs and Managed Service Providers, with explicit SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliance positioning, 99% customer retention, and 24/7 expert support cited.

BDRShield operates as a product brand of Vembu Technologies, a privately held, bootstrapped company headquartered in Carson City, Nevada, with operations across the Americas and Europe, dedicated US and UK sales lines, and 251-500 employees as of the most recent disclosed headcount. The company was founded in 2002, underwent a complete product rebrand in 2025, and in mid-2026 released a self-hosted On-Premise Management Console and Management Console v9.1.0 Update 2 to broaden deployment flexibility.

Name

BDRShield

Legal name

Vembu Technologies

Website

https://bdrshield.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

BDRShield, a product of Vembu Technologies, is a cloud-managed hybrid backup and cyber-resilience platform serving SMBs and Managed Service Providers. It delivers agentless, immutable backup and sub-15-minute recovery across endpoints, virtual servers, cloud workloads, databases, and SaaS applications via VembuHIVE technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Backup and Disaster Recovery Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Backup & Recovery Software (HDABAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immutable Backup, Air-Gap & Ransomware Recovery (HDABAIAJ), Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity (BCDR) Services (BPAEABAH), Cyber Recovery & Ransomware-Resilient Backup Services (BPAEALAG)

Keywords

• Backup and recovery software
• Disaster recovery software
• Virtual machine backup
• Saas data protection
• Cyber resilience platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Carson City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Licensing (Per Workload): Pay-per-workload subscription licensing model with monthly, annual, or multi-year billing options. No vendor lock-ins, no sales targets. Partners and customers pay only for what they use, scaling freely as their data protection needs grow.
2. Cloud Storage Consumption: Optional cloud storage consumption billing for BDRShield Cloud usage. Storage billed separately for customers using BDRShield Cloud as their backup destination, on top of subscription licensing for workloads.
3. Professional Services (Implied): Pre-sales assistance, training, certification, and implementation support offered to partners, suggesting professional services revenue alongside core software licensing.
4. Managed Backup Services (MSP Resale): MSPs and Service Providers resell BDRShield capabilities as managed services (BaaS, DRaaS, Remote Backup, Managed Backup) to their end customers, generating recurring revenue through markup on BDRShield licensing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

BDRShield is a cloud-managed hybrid backup and cyber-resilience platform (formerly BDRSuite) that delivers unified backup, recovery, and ransomware-resilient data protection for endpoints, physical and virtual servers, cloud workloads, databases, business applications, and SaaS platforms such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. It is sold as a per-workload subscription through both a cloud-hosted BDRShield Management Console and a downloadable on-premise BDRShield Management Console, with optional resale by Managed Service Providers as Backup-as-a-Service and Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service. The platform unifies VembuHIVE, its patented backup file system, with immutable storage, anomaly detection, malware scanning, and Zero Trust access to enable sub-15-minute recovery and ransomware-proof restore points.

Product overview

BDRShield is a cloud-managed hybrid backup and cyber-resilience platform (formerly BDRSuite) offering both cloud-hosted and on-premise deployment options. The core platform consists of the BDRShield Cloud Management Console and BDRShield On-Premise Management Console, unified by VembuHIVE (patented backup file system) technology. The product portfolio spans endpoint backup, server backup, VM backup (VMware/Hyper-V/KVM/Proxmox/oVirt), NAS backup, cloud VM backup (AWS/Azure), application backup (SQL Server/MySQL/PostgreSQL/Exchange/SharePoint), and SaaS backup (Microsoft 365/Google Workspace). Additional offerings include BaaS and DRaaS managed services, BDR AI chatbot, and web services API for MSP integrations. The platform is designed primarily for MSPs and IT teams requiring ransomware-proof, immutable backup with instant recovery capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BDRShield Cloud Console A cloud-hosted BDRShield Management Console providing centralized, sign-up-and-use backup management with no infrastructure setup; designed for both direct end customers (SMBs and enterprises) and Managed Service Providers managing multiple tenants from a single browser interface with white-label branding.
• BDRShield On-Premise Management Console A downloadable, self-hosted BDRShield Management Console (Windows, Linux, and Docker installers) that runs on the customer's own infrastructure, targeted at organizations needing air-gapped backups, strict data sovereignty, or compliance-mandated on-premises deployments.
• Backup as a Service (BaaS) A managed backup service that lets Managed Service Providers deliver cloud-first backup to their end customers without heavy infrastructure investment, using BDRShield's multi-tenant platform with centralized billing and license management.
• Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) A cloud disaster recovery offering that replicates BDRShield backups across multiple regions to protect against local outages and site disasters, offered as a managed service that MSPs can resell to end customers.
• BDR AI An AI-powered chatbot assistant accessible at ai.bdrshield.com that answers questions about ransomware protection, backup strategies, and BDRShield product capabilities for prospects and customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3X higher partner margins vs. Veeam, Datto, Acronis
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability4 records

Feature17 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationAgentless AWS EC2 backup using AWS native APIs and snapshots. BDRShield backs up AWS EC2 instances and stores backup data in AWS S3 or on-premises. Application-aware backups with VSS support for Windows and custom scripts for Linux. Full EC2 instance restore and cross-hypervisor migration support.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationAgentless Azure VM backup using Azure native APIs and snapshot-based mechanism. Supports managed and unmanaged disks, application-aware processing with VSS, cross-subscription restore, and Azure VM recovery. Backup data stored in Azure Blob or on-premises.
• Google CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Google Cloud for backup storage and cloud VM protection. Supports Google Cloud storage as a backup destination and agentless Google Compute Engine backup using Google Cloud native APIs.
• VMwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationAgentless VM backup for VMware ESXi and vCenter using VMware CBT (Changed Block Tracking). Instant VM recovery, application-aware processing, automated backup verification, and cross-hypervisor V2V migration from VMware to Hyper-V, KVM, Proxmox, or oVirt.
• Microsoft Hyper-VcoreTechnology or IntegrationAgentless backup for Hyper-V standalone hosts and clusters using RCT (Resilient Change Tracking). Supports CSV, S2D, SMB shares. Instant boot with live migration and cross-hypervisor migration (V2V) from Hyper-V to VMware, KVM, Proxmox, or oVirt.
• WasabicoreTechnology or IntegrationS3-compatible hot storage integration with Wasabi for cost-effective cloud backup storage. BDRShield supports Wasabi as a backup destination for all workload types, providing affordable hot cloud storage for disaster recovery.
• MinIOcoreTechnology or IntegrationS3-compatible object storage integration with MinIO for private cloud backup storage. BDRShield backs up to MinIO for organizations requiring on-premises S3-compatible storage with cost efficiency and scalability.
• BackblazecoreTechnology or IntegrationS3-compatible cloud storage integration with Backblaze B2 for affordable backup storage. BDRShield supports Backblaze B2 as a backup destination, offering low-cost cloud storage for backup and disaster recovery.
• PSA/RMM Platforms (Implied)coreTechnology or IntegrationPSA and RMM platform integrations for MSP workflows. BDRShield provides white-label branding with PSA/RMM integration and web services API for automating backup management within MSP operational tools.
• Microsoft 365coreTechnology or IntegrationComprehensive backup for Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams). BDRShield fills the shared responsibility gap by backing up Microsoft 365 data with 15-minute RPO, unlimited retention, and granular cross-account recovery.
• Google WorkspacecoreTechnology or IntegrationAutomated backup for Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Contacts, Shared Drives). API-based protection with granular restore options and cross-account recovery for Google Workspace tenants.
• Microsoft SQL ServercoreTechnology or IntegrationApplication-consistent backup for MS SQL Server with transaction log backup, point-in-time recovery, and granular database/table restore. VSS integration for Windows and custom scripts for Linux. Export to XLS/SQL formats.
• Microsoft Exchange ServercoreTechnology or IntegrationAgentless image-level and application-level backup for Microsoft Exchange Server on virtual and physical Windows servers. Mailbox item recovery, database-level restore, instant VM boot, and export to PST/EML/HTML formats.
• Microsoft SharePointcoreTechnology or IntegrationBackup for Microsoft SharePoint Server (on-premises) with image-level and application-level backup options. Site collection restore, document library recovery, granular item-level recovery, and cross-server restore capabilities.
• MySQLcoreTechnology or IntegrationApplication-level backup for MySQL databases using native dump utilities for transactionally consistent backups. Incremental backup support, built-in compression, cloud and local storage options, and point-in-time recovery.
• PostgreSQLcoreTechnology or IntegrationConsistent backup for PostgreSQL databases with incremental backups, point-in-time recovery, multi-destination storage, and flexible scheduling. Native dump utilities ensure transactionally consistent backups.
• SynologycoreTechnology or IntegrationNAS backup support for Synology devices. BDRShield backs up NFS and SMB file shares from Synology NAS devices using agentless file-level backup, supporting the comprehensive NAS device compatibility lineup.
• QNAPcoreTechnology or IntegrationNAS backup support for QNAP devices. BDRShield provides file-level backup for QNAP NAS devices over NFS and SMB protocols as part of its comprehensive NAS backup solution.
• TrueNAScoreTechnology or IntegrationNAS backup support for TrueNAS (formerly FreeNAS) devices. BDRShield backs up NFS and SMB shares from TrueNAS NAS devices as part of its broad NAS device compatibility coverage.
• OraclecoreTechnology or IntegrationRMAN-based backup for Oracle databases with application-aware processing. BDRShield supports Oracle RMAN-based backup ensuring transactionally consistent database protection for enterprise Oracle workloads.
• Vembu (Parent Company)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBDRShield is a product of Vembu Technologies. Vembu provides the underlying technology platform, development resources, and corporate infrastructure. BDRShield rebranded from BDRSuite as the next generation of Vembu's cyber resilience backup platform. BDRShield Portal and Partner Portal link to vembu.com domains.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Veeam Software: Leading backup and recovery vendor for virtual, physical, and cloud workloads. Veeam is BDRShield's most direct head-to-head competitor and the primary TCO benchmark in BDRShield's comparison marketing.
• Acronis: Cyber protection platform combining backup, anti-ransomware, and endpoint security. Competes directly with BDRShield across VM, server, and SaaS backup, and is one of the three named competitors in BDRShield's positioning.
• Datto (Kaseya): MSP-focused backup, DR, and business continuity platform owned by Kaseya. Targets the same MSP and SMB buyer as BDRShield's BaaS/DRaaS offering and is a named competitor.
• Druva: Cloud-native SaaS and endpoint data protection platform. Overlaps with BDRShield on Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and cloud workload backup with a 100% SaaS delivery model.
• Rubrik: Enterprise data security and ransomware recovery platform. Competes with BDRShield at the higher end of the market on immutable backups, cyber recovery, and zero-trust data protection.
• Cohesity: Data management and cyber resilience vendor spanning backup, DR, and data security. Overlaps with BDRShield in VM and cloud workload backup and targets similar cyber-resilience use cases.
• Commvault: Enterprise data protection and information management suite covering backup, archive, and DR across hybrid cloud. Comparable to BDRShield's broad workload coverage and serves similar enterprise compliance-driven buyers.
• Arcserve: Backup and disaster recovery software vendor for SMB and mid-market. Offers similar hybrid cloud backup, immutable storage, and ransomware recovery capabilities to BDRShield.

Emerging players

• HYCU: Specialized backup and recovery for SaaS, cloud, and hyperconverged workloads. Comparable to BDRShield's SaaS backup and VM modules, with a narrower but deeper cloud-native focus.

Others

• Backblaze: Low-cost S3-compatible object storage provider that BDRShield integrates with as a backup destination. Adjacent infrastructure peer rather than a backup software competitor, but a relevant ecosystem data point for BDRShield's BYOS strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vembu-technologies

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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